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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think it is really that much harder now, except for the most privileged. In the 80s, a large swath of Ivy admissions were still occupied by the Academies and St. Grottlesex and the regional private school feeders. Legacy admissions were well over 50%. I'm pretty sure a minority of my classmates were from public schools in the mid 80s. Many of the preppies were dumb as rocks but would go on to be great M&A bankers. Without a starched preppy background, suburban public school kids like me had to have straight As and 1400+ SATs (equivalent to 1500+ now) and be described as "career-best" students in our recommendations. So I don't think there is much academic difference between my generation and my children's. But, being class president or captain of a sports team or newspaper editor was sufficient to demonstrate leadership, while I don't think it counts for much now. Most of us were the sociable, "well-rounded" types while my children's classmates are much more specialized and career-channeled. [/quote]

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